Hobbies and enjoyment

Have you felt sometimes that you cant look forward to your weekend because you just don't know what to spend your time doing, that you just work to what you have to and not what you want to. I feel like that nearly all the time and it is really unfortunate because the end of a work week should be a time for refreshing activity or quality time for yourself and your family. What though do we need to do to enjoy even our work week and then even better contemplate the weekend, what activities can refresh and up build us in our time off and how can we achieve this?

First lets start with our work week, when you start your week of work do you enjoy what you do, do you look forward to the next three to five days at work, probably not, so what is needed. First we need to adopt the right attitude toward work, for one we all need to work in order to survive and put food on the table, whether we want to or not, let me relate to you a personal experience, there was a time in my life when i absolutely did not want to work and every job that i saw just did not appeal to me so i just sat at home all day and played video games, literally from early morning till late at night (sometimes 17 hours non stop) i would occupy myself to these games, i felt like these were my escape from reality and thought by means of them i could avoid every problem. For six months i continued in this routine, not eating much or doing anything productive with my time, even to the point where i tried to avoid sleeping and talking to anyone. The outcome, i felt trapped, more unhappy and unfulfilled, and completely useless. I got to a stage were i did not appreciate anything and was pretty much empty on purpose. The lesson i learn't from this was one of the best i have learn't and that is, In order to appreciate life and what we have we have to work toward it. It is true that we can often if not always come home from work tired and drained but the moment you step through the front door is like stepping in a cool puddle of water on a blistering hot day, it makes you really appreciate coming home and enjoying a nice meal or some time to relax and watch your favorite show. If you don't work you are just living in a house, when you leave your house, go to work do your job and come back then it becomes home, something you can come to for family comfort and full appreciation. Aside from the need to work What else can help us enjoy the week, again let me relate to you what really make my work week exciting. Work is something that was never something that caused me much joy, the reason, i had no goals or hobbies for the weekend, i had nothing to look forward to, solution, plan activities that i love doing or think of ways to make them exciting and meaningful, of course this differs from person to person, you obviously know what you love doing and what your hobbies might be so it would be wise in planning your weekend around such activities, if you have no hobbies make some, you may as well enjoy your weekend after all about most people spend more than 50% of their life working 33% sleeping and 10% doing other necessary activities, that leaves you with about 7% of your life to yourself, are you just going to waist it and feel helpless that you havn't used your time wisely, this is where you must assess your situation and take decisive action, but how?

So now you know what you need to do to be more fulfilled with your weekend but what steps must you take to reach this mark. Firstly try new things, go beyond the normal routine you may have, try new activities, maybe you have not yet been ice skating or rock climbing, or maybe even sport or taking up music, whatever the case you must experiment with different recreations. I tried many types of hobbies including different sporting events to games, but eventually i tried different things like building robots and writing and making models and i love these activities, at last i am at ease as to what to spent my time and effort with and this brings me genuine satisfaction and a sense of achievement. Of course it may be hard deciding on what to take up as a hobby but you will know what you like because when you do it, you wont like it, you will Love it to the point where you just itch and crave to practice it all the time and you constantly have it on your mind, an art that will start tiny but will grow into a dependable passion, and before you know it your work week flies buy because you have a passion to commit to every weekend and just want to share it with others, and this will bring you joy and those around you will be joyful that you are making the most of your precious time. This is very contagious you will find, because those around you will start trying new things and want to spend there valuable time participating in activities they enjoy. If you have trouble deciding on where you can start or don't know what activities to try a great idea is to make a long list, yes a long list so you can have plenty of backup in case you don't enjoy the first few activities, make sure you tick off all the activities you have already tries and write down those of which you liked and those which you did not, even rate on a scale from one to five how much you enjoyed what you did. Another thing is to work constantly toward maintaining your hobby, never rule out the fact that just because you love something it will always be loved because love is not perfect and is prone to fading, make sure your hobbies stay firm in your mind and close at hand. Remember never sell yourself short, your life is worth five out of five so never be happy with practicing activities with a four out of five effort, make what you have the best you have and practice what you love doing every weekend because you have earned it and deserve it.

As a final point remember that just because you are content and doing something you love does not mean you will be exempt from problems, we will always encounter these and they are very effective teachers if we are willing to listen and learn. When you face a drawback, then step back and look at it and find a way to tackle it in the most effective way, The word solution does not exist for no reason. Use your resources to, your positive attitude and your persistence to overcome whatever situations you face and do not let them hinder the progress of your hobbies for they are a very strong lifeline in finding joy. Rather that just dealing with problems as they come along, learn to live with them and use them to make you smarter and stronger for the next challenge, this type of education teaches us that we are far too smart to throw in the towel so never give up doing what you are passionate about.

In conclusion you must first assess yourself and your time, when and how much time do i have to myself? Then you must work out what you love doing, you can either list all the activities you enjoy and rate the ones you love on a scale from one to five or can try new things. Then you must cultivate the right attitude toward your hobbies and outlook, persistence pays and use you resources to further your passion, and lastly we must learn to cope and act with any problem we may encounter and try to use them to our advantage, and if we truly love what we do never forget that you will have a positive influence on those around you and yourself and you will find genuine satisfaction and joy in what you love to do.